How to take close up pictures with Marco

medical4de

medical4de

Well-Known Member
That was probally the coolest thing i have seen on any forum in a long while...

I never knew that my camera could do that.. i was trying it and the batteries died.. now i can really learn about my plants on my little "experament" grow...

Can this be made a sticky.. i think this is a great bit of info and can be very usefull to those of us trying to learn about how to identify things (disease, sex, pests, and big ole juicy buds...) on our plants.

thanx again friend.. much appriciation

Medical 4 DE
:joint::peace:
 
Baked Jesus

Baked Jesus

Well-Known Member
FilthyFletch said:
Well macro guess only works with certain cameras but not my 4 meg vivatar with only 3 x zoom heres what happens with macro and bright lighting
Click to expand...
You wanna make sure the lens isn't too close to the subject otherwise it will blur. A few cm's make a huge diff in quality if you're taking the pic too close. Try again but move the lens back just a little.

The pictures I attached are an example of the difference between being really close, and then moving back a few cm's.

Hope this helps. Goodluck.
 

Attachments

hearmenow

hearmenow

Well-Known Member
WOW!!! Finally someone explains this to me! ++++Rep! Thanks for the info!

mambokabui said:
I would like to show some tips on taking pictures up close and personal to better help people that need to share close up shots to help with sexing and other problems.

Using Macro settings will take close up pictures. For most cameras the Macro icon looks like this



Zooming in with the cameras zoom feature will blur the picture. You want to get the lens as close to the subject as you can, almost touching the subject.



For the photo above the lens was about 1/2 inch away from the lighter.

Provide as much light as you can without using the flash, the flash will be too close to the subject and somtimes not make it down to the subject.
Use the auto feature on the camera with the flash turned off and the Macro turned on. The auto feature will tell the lens to stay open longer to let more light in. The downside of this is blur so you might want to secure the camera to stop the motion blur. A tripod will do fine or just provide the light.

Picture with flash


Notice the dark area where the detail is lost.

Notice in the picture below that one side of the wheel is more detailed than the other side. using Marco will limit the focus area but will give great detail where needed.



I would practice on many different subjects using the Macro setting. Practice on high and low light pictures and realy get to know your camera.
Click to expand...
 
D

dog

Well-Known Member
i no the pics are shity but i dont own a dig camra, i take al my pics on my mobile phone and it was on the marco seting. but i will be geting one soon,i hope?:mrgreen:
 

Attachments

jesus3

jesus3

Well-Known Member
i use for macro shots cheap cellphone lens like this.this works great for me.my avatar pic too.
 
Evil Buddies

Evil Buddies

Ganja King
The lens on the camera makes it look like a pipe lol but yeah I would want one i got a 5 mega pixel camera on my phone but close ups are still blurry and out of focus.
 
jesus3

jesus3

Well-Known Member
i cant remember the site but try search in google by"macro lens for cellphone."my lens cost for me somewhere 10 $.smetimes i use this lens for digital camera too,you need just hold this lens with hand.
 
jesus3

jesus3

Well-Known Member
dog said:
i no the pics are shity but i dont own a dig camra, i take al my pics on my mobile phone and it was on the marco seting. but i will be geting one soon,i hope?:mrgreen:
Click to expand...
btw nice pic.what a strain is this?
 
jesus3

jesus3

Well-Known Member
nice looking plant you have!!i grow big bud.not the best but for first grow in my whole life o.k.:mrgreen:
 
D

dog

Well-Known Member
iv grown N LIGHTS BIG BUD and it was an esy plant to grow and very nice to smoke lol, that W,W was an cfl grow and i got about 2.3os dry of it:peace:
 
FilthyFletch

FilthyFletch

Mr I Can Do That For Half
must be me tried moving from touching the item to back to 2 inches away and all between all still blurry.No zoom as when macros on not an option and no flash.Thats it off to get a 8.1 megapixel camera
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top